Gumbaynggirr language

Gumbaynggirr
Kumbainggar
RegionNew South Wales, Australia
EthnicityGumbaynggirr, Banbai, ?Ngamba
Native speakers
310 (2021 census)[1]
(may include L2 speakers)
Dialects
  • Gumbaynggirr
  • Nymboidan
  • Gambalamam
  • Baanbay
  • ? Ngambaa[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kgs
Glottologkumb1268
AIATSIS[3]E7
ELPGumbaynggir
Kumbainggar is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Gumbaynggir (also spelled Gumbaingari, Kumbainggar, Kumbaingeri, Gambalamam, and also called Baanbay) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Gumbaynggirr people, who are native to the Mid North Coast of New South Wales.

  1. ^ ABS. "Census 2016, Language spoken at home by Sex (SA2+)". stat.data.abs.gov.au. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ^ Dixon, Robert M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxiv.
  3. ^ E7 Gumbaynggirr at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies